.jpg?w=1)
Details
HERDMAN, William Gawin (1805-82). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool, Liverpool: Published for Brown, Barnes & Bell by Gilbert G. Walmsley, 1878.
2 volumes, 2° (411 x 314mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 72 plates "produced in Permanent Autotype Photography by Brown, Barnes & Bell." (Some text leaves browned and spotted.) Finely-bound in crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Howell of Liverpool, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a few scuff marks, one more pronounced on upper cover of vol. II).
EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 97 LITHOGRAPHED AND ENGRAVED PLATES, some printed in colours, many captioned in pencil. The work also includes an example of an early railway ticket (illustrated below) for a journey between Liverpool and Warrington printed on reddish-brown paper and dated 1832 (see Introduction). (2)
2 volumes, 2° (411 x 314mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 72 plates "produced in Permanent Autotype Photography by Brown, Barnes & Bell." (Some text leaves browned and spotted.) Finely-bound in crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Howell of Liverpool, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a few scuff marks, one more pronounced on upper cover of vol. II).
EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 97 LITHOGRAPHED AND ENGRAVED PLATES, some printed in colours, many captioned in pencil. The work also includes an example of an early railway ticket (illustrated below) for a journey between Liverpool and Warrington printed on reddish-brown paper and dated 1832 (see Introduction). (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis